New Delhi: Delhi High Court passed the order in 2006 but of the 13 enclosures that were supposed to be made specially for immersions so that the Yamuna can be spared from a religious and cultural onslaught, only one is ready. With Dussehra and Durga Puja only a week away, government agencies are still clueless about who is to take action.

A preliminary report prepared by the district administration has stated that the overflow of the Yamuna river has destroyed crops spread over 11,000 acres and damaged 118 houses in 62 villages of five tehsils of the district.

The report comprising details of damages suffered by the farmers from September 10 to 14 was today sent to the government by DC Amit Kumar Agarwal.

Greater Noida: With the Yamuna water level breaching the danger mark in Delhi, Greater Noida authorities are keeping a hawk eye on the situation. Though no one has been evacuated so far, the administration has identified three villages

New Delhi For the hundreds displaced by the rising levels of Yamuna, the India Meteorological Department has some good news.
It will not rain for at least the next three days, which might help the water level drop. It might, however, rain at certain places in Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan.

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Decks have been cleared for laying of ambitious interceptor sewer project to improve the condition of Yamuna after the fund starved Delhi government made arrangements for Rs 800 crores for the Delhi Jal Board.

The Delhi government has arranged a loan from Hudco to partly fund the Rs 3,000crore project for the first year of operation.

New Delhi: For almost three years, civic agencies in Delhi have not been able to construct 13 enclosures on the Yamuna banks for people to throw in their religious samagri and not pollute the river.

NEW DELHI: On the first day of the Yamuna vigil organised by non-government organisation Yamuna Jiye Abhiyan at the Nizamuddin bridge here in the Capital, volunteers collected 21 packets of refuse which otherwise would have found their way into the river.

A month-long vigil is being maintained on the bridge to save the river from being turned into a dumping ground.

NEW DELHI: From this Tuesday (September 1), Delhiites will find it hard to dump waste and objects of religious significance into the Yamuna.

A group of concerned citizens and school children have volunteered to

FOR several centuries the Ganga and Yamuna rivers have remained a lifeline for crores of people apart from supporting abundant aquatic life as well as other animals and birds. These rivers have been a source of reverence and inspiration for countless people and Ganga-Yamuna culture has left an indelible print on the life of India and its neighbourhood.

A group of NGOs says that by treating waste locally, the city can make its drains clean as well as cut down pollution in Yamuna by 80%

It could turn out to be the perfect solution for the Yamuna